# Aziz Sami

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{{Short description|Iraqi writer and translator}}
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{{Infobox person
| name               = Aziz Sami
| native_name        = عزيز سامي
| native_name_lang   = ar
| pronunciation      = 
| birth_date         = 1895
| birth_place        = [Kirkuk](/source/Kirkuk)
| death_date         = 19 July 1984
| death_place        = [Baghdad](/source/Baghdad)
| occupation         = Writer and translator
}}
'''Aziz Sami Bey Abi-Samim''' (1895 – 19 July 1984) was an Iraqi writer and translator. Born in [Kirkuk](/source/Kirkuk), then part of the [Ottoman Empire](/source/Ottoman_Empire) he moved to [Istanbul](/source/Istanbul) to continue his studies and taught in schools in various parts of the Ottoman Empire, before ending up in Iraq upon the empire's disintegration. He held several government positions in the Ministries of Finance and Education. After the [14 July Revolution](/source/14_July_Revolution) moved to the [Institute of Fine Arts](/source/Baghdad_College_of_Fine_Arts) as dean there.

== Early life ==
Aziz Sami Abi-Samim was born in Kirkuk in 1895 to an Arab carpenter family. He moved to Istanbul and studied at the Teachers' House.

== Career ==
He then returned to Iraq and beginning work as schoolteacher from September 1926. He worked at the [Ministry of Finance](/source/Ministry_of_Finance_(Iraq)) in 1933 as a financial inspector. He returned to the Ministry of Education and was appointed Director of the Kirkuk Area Education in October 1937 before moving to [Mosul](/source/Mosul). He worked as Director of Service and Owners at the Ministry of Finance in June 1940.<br>He retired from the service and was appointed after [14 July Revolution](/source/14_July_Revolution) as dean of the [Institute of Fine Arts](/source/Baghdad_College_of_Fine_Arts). His books includes general geography of Iraq and many translations from Turkish to Arabic, made him one of the pioneers of scientific translation in twentieth century.

== Death ==
Aziz Sami died in Baghdad on July 19, 1984.

== Works ==
* ''Modern Geography of Iraq'', 1929.
* ''Inspirations'', Turkish, 19365.
* ''Pacific World''
* ''Bride of the Gulf: Kuwait'', 1951.
And translated many books from Turkish as second language to Arabic, including [Jules Verne](/source/Jules_Verne) and [Grigory Spiridonovich Petrov](/source/Grigory_Spiridonovich_Petrov) works.

== References ==
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Category:20th-century Iraqi translators

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